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Summary

Length of bank running from SX 5618 9044 to SX 5616 9047, within a cairnfield. The n part of the bank is aligned north-west by south-east and the southern length is orientated north-south. The bank measures 38m by 2.7m by 0.4m high and may represent part of a field or enclosure which would have originally been more extensive and now survives largely as a buried feature.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1010773: Ten cairns and a length of bank forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX59SE/40/1
• Old SAM Ref: 24248

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BANK (EARTHWORK) (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133343 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(31/01/1994) Length of bank running from SX 5618 9044 to SX 5616 9047, within a cairnfield. The n part of the bank is aligned north-west by south-east and the southern length is orientated north-south. The bank measures 38m by 2.7m by 0.4m high and may represent part of a field or enclosure which would have originally been more extensive and now survives largely as a buried feature.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
• EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range

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